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Committee advances bill to create licensure pathways for internationally trained clinicians and telehealth registry

Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee · February 16, 2026
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Summary

House Bill 127, a three-part bill to create provisional pathways for internationally trained medical graduates, a telehealth registry for out-of-state providers, and to make expedited licensing mandatory upon request, received committee support; the New Mexico Medical Board endorsed the policy but requested funding for increased staffing and oversight.

The Senate committee moved House Bill 127 forward after hearing supporters say the bill would expand access to specialty and primary care by creating a stair-step pathway for internationally trained medical graduates and a telehealth registry for out-of-state physicians.

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